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Africa

September 28, 2021

Buhari congratulates D’Tigress for winning 2021 Afrobasket championship

Team Nigeria beat Mali 70-59 in the final match to retain the title for the third straight time.

D’Tigress
September 28, 2021

Members of Guinea’s junta barred from running in next elections

The junta says it would not yield to any pressure to allow former president Alpha Conde to leave the country.

Mamady Doumbouya and Alpha Conde
September 28, 2021

Niger Republic to send back 130,000 Nigerians

Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hassoumi Massoudou, says the country will send back some 130,000 displaced Nigerians from Diffa to Borno.

September 27, 2021

Tigray War: Ethiopian minister resigns to preserve moral values

Ms Abdullahi had been vocal about rape and sexual violence carried out during the Tigray war.

Ethiopia's Minister for Women, Children and Youth, Filsan Abdullahi
September 25, 2021

Boko Haram: Nigeria requests more cooperation from Cameroon, Chad

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, has called for more cooperation with the Niger Republic, Cameroon, and Chad to tackle terrorism.

Boko Haram insurgents
September 24, 2021

UNGA: Ex-coup plotter Buhari preaches against military takeover

According to Buhari, unconstitutional takeovers, sometimes in reaction to unilateral changes of constitutions by some leaders, should not be tolerated by the international community.

Gen Buhari
September 23, 2021

AfroBasket: D’Tigress beat Cote d’Ivoire, advance to semifinal

D’Tigress will now in the semi-finals on Friday face winners of the second quarter-final pairing involving Senegal and Mozambique.

September 21, 2021

Buhari regime pledges Nigeria’s ‘best support’ to Burundi

Mr Buhari said Nigeria would “be proactive and give support to the best of our abilities.”

Muhammadu Buhari, Evariste Ndayishimiye
September 21, 2021

Ghanaian in Abuja court over refusal to pay $12,000 flight fare

The accused was granted administrative bail in the sum of $35,000 by the police in Abuja.

Photo of Private Jets used to illustrate the story
September 21, 2021

South African court resumes Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial

Mr Zuma is accused of accepting a $33,900 annual bribe from Thales from 1999 to protect the company from investigation.